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ASM54006 French official, 1914, ArtSoldiers Miniaturas

Discussion in 'Figure News' started by ArtSoldiers Miniaturas, Mar 19, 2019.

  1. ArtSoldiers Miniaturas Active Member

    Hi friends, we present the novelty of ArtSoldiers Miniaturas.
    ASM54006 French official, 1914
    Scale: 54mm
    Material: Resin
    Sculpture: Antonio Meseguer
    Pintado: J. F. Estevez Piriz

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  2. Zastrow.cuirassier PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    France
    Very nice figurine and very well painted.
    But, I had warned the painter on FB, this scenery happens after what is called, the race to the sea!
    The first French trenches are born.
    It's been a long time since the French tried by all means, after the massacres of the beginning of the war, to replace the color madder too visible!
    And it's even more true with this Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant (the rank is the one I see on the kepi), the officers were the first to change their pants color.
    As for the kepi, as soon as you entered the war, there were kepi covers!
    I think the mistake is due to some movies, which does not always reflect the historical reality!
    OldTaff, Redcap, NeilW and 3 others like this.
  3. ArtSoldiers Miniaturas Active Member

    Hi Zastrow, thank you for your advice, but this figure is taken from a sheet of military theme of a reputed illustrator of the subject, is not based on any image of any movie.
    But as I mentioned earlier, I thank you for telling me and I appreciate your information.
    Blind Pew and Zastrow.cuirassier like this.
  4. Martin Antonenko A Fixture

    Country:
    Germany
    Very nice figure - but I think one should build the version with the walking stick, if you do not want to change the right arm!

    The version with Lébel-Revolver Modéle 1892 (or Saint-Etienne, they were equal) looks a bit like, as if he wanted to bang his own colonel, who stands behind the trench and observes the maneuver...

    Moere realistic would be this arm posture, as with the Batkom of the RKKA on the famous photo ...

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    Cheers
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  5. Zastrow.cuirassier PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    France
    Which illustrator ?
  6. akaryu Moderator

    Country:
    Belgium
    I think it is plate 14 from"Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion" by Martin Windrow, illustrated by Mike Chappell and published in 1981:
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    Cheers
    Pierre
    OldTaff, Blind Pew, marco55 and 2 others like this.
  7. Nap Moderator

    Country:
    England

    You beat me to it ...certainly looks right Pierrre

    I like the subject ,great pose as well on the ladder ....agree ref the walking stick option ..but good to have the choices

    Thanks for sharing

    Nap
  8. Zastrow.cuirassier PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    France
    I suspected it was an illustration from Osprey.
    But despite the superb work of their authors and illustrators, some mistakes can slip.
    I do not want to sound condescending, but this illustration is full of error.
    These showy colors, had long been abandoned or masked .....
    As early as September 1914, orders were issued by the GHQ (General Headquarters) to hide the showy colors ...
    These orders are visible at the SHA (Service Historique des Armes) at Vincennes.
    It remains in fact much to re-write on 14/18, especially on the period 1914/1915 largely forgotten!
    Jaybo likes this.
  9. akaryu Moderator

    Country:
    Belgium
    Only reference to this uniform I can find is at the mobilisation in the summer of 1914, which didn't happen in the trenches of course. In his later books on the subject (Osprey), Martin Windrow "admitted" there were mistakes in this earlier book. But then, la Légion has often been portrayed in an unrealistic way, both in writing and in depicting.

    Pierre
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  10. PropBlast Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Sorry to drag up a necro post but having just got this figure in my possession would Zastrow or anyone else please provide pictures of kepi covers and the correct colour of the various pieces of the uniform?
  11. NigelR A Fixture

    The best site on the web that documents the evolution of WWI French uniforms I have found is this one: http://www.151ril.com/content/gear . Look at the various pages on the kepi and trousers to see how they changed. The only problem is there's very little on how officer's uniforms changed.

    The figure is incorrect (as Zastrow Cuirassier pointed out) because the trench base does not go with the officer's uniform. By the time serious, deep trenches were dug with things like corrugated iron walls, the August 1914 uniform was not being worn. How the officer's uniform would have been adapted is at best a guess. Maybe you could give him a kepi cover and some bluish coloured overall trousers. Or just leave it as is, because only nerds like me will know it's wrong.......;)
    Zastrow.cuirassier, Nap and PropBlast like this.
  12. PropBlast Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Maybe I could replace the head with one wearing an Adrian helmet?
  13. Dr Bison Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Martin64, Nap and PropBlast like this.
  14. PropBlast Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
  15. PropBlast Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Thanks Karl but too expensive for me.
  16. PropBlast Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
  17. NigelR A Fixture

    That would work, the trousers would be fairly easily adapted, similar to the examples you posted above.
  18. marco55 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    What's the website for this company?
    Mark
  19. thegoodsgt Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
  20. Bundook Active Member

    Country:
    Scotland
    It's still a strange pose, though. Why's he looking up and back across the parados and not down at his men (who are presumably going to follow him up the ladder)? o_O
    Martin64 likes this.

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